Combination sleeping-garment.



A. G. VELASKO.

GOMBINATIOH SLEEPING GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG,17, 1907.

Patented Nomi? 1908.

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of the foot seen in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a per- ADOLPH G. VELASKO, OF SYRAGUSE, NEW YORK.

COLEBINATION SLEEPING-GARRE NT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Application filed August 17, 1907. Serial No. 888,994.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, AnoLPn Gr. VELASKO, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in

the State of New: York, have invented new This invention relates to certain improve ments in sleeping garments of the combination or union-suit type, and refers more particularly. for the feet portions with which such garments are sometimes provided, as

. will be observed upon reference to Patent 'Xo. 599,995, issued March 1, 1898, and upon which my present invention is an improvement. In the patent referred to it will be noted that one-half of each leg is cut longer than the other and a separate flat sole of knit. goods is stitched along its marginal edges to the. marginal edges of the flaps, thus completing the foot. This method necessitates considerable waste of the material I and forms a stitched seam running entirely around the foot across the toe and heel, which not only destroys the elasticity of such parts of the foot and makes'it quite impossible to conform to theshape of the foot, but is also very liable to break or rip out, especially at the toe. These statements are made to more clearly bring out the objects of my present invention, which are, first-to economize in the use of the material, and

second to allow for the lateral flexibility of the toe and heel and to prevent any liability of ripping at these junctions.

My main object is to form the sole, and at least, a portion of the instep of the foot from a single piece of knit fabric by extending the sole upwardly and rearwardly around the'toe, thereby avoiding the seam at the toe and to permit full elasticity of the fabric at the junction of the upper or instep with said sole to better conform to the shape of the foot, and to thereby obviate the objectionable feature of ripping or breaking of the stitches at this junction.

Other objects and uses will be brought out in the following description.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a rear elevation of a garment embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the feet, and aportion of one of Fig. 3 is a sectional View spective View of a modified form of foot. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the foot shown in Fig. l. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a further modified form of foot. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the same.

This garment comprises essentially a vest or waist portion 1- and leg portions 2- knit together and constituting what may be termed, a combination suit or sleeping garment, open at the bottom and provided with a suitable flap 3 at the junction of the vest with the legs; said garment being also provided with knit sleeves -l and suitable feet 5 constructed in the manner hereinafter described.

Asshown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the leg portions +2 are knit in the usual manner terminating in open lower ends to which are secured foot portions, each comprising single elongated piece of knit fabric having its opposite ends returned upon itself forming a sole 5. toe and heel portion 6 and -7, an instep portion 8 and an ankle portion 9, the ends of said strip being stitched at 10 to the lower end of the leg portion 2 while the longitudinal edges of said strip are stitched to each other at '11, as best seen in Fig. 2. It is evident from the foregoing description that by returning the ends of the strip which forms the foot around and over the heel and toe, the full elasticity of the heel and toe portions 6- and 7- is preserved, and ,at the sasme time, this elasticity enables the foot portion to better conform to the shape of the foot and avoids any. seam at the toe and heel. Another feature of advantage of this construction is that the foot. portion may be attached .to the leg of any similar garment without cutting or otherwise altering the lower portion of the leg.

In Figs. at and 51 have shown the lower portion of the leg 2-.as bifurcated'or slit upwardly-from the lower end at opposite sides, forming opposite flaps 12 and 13 of equal length, to which flaps is secured elongated strip 14 of knit fabric having its marginal edges stitched to the marginal edges of the flaps l2- and 13, but extending some distance beyond the front edge of the flap 12-, where it is returned upon itself to form a part of the instep or upper part of the foot portion so as to preserve the full transverse elasticity of the fabric at the distance beyond the lower or front edge of the front flap 12- of the leg-portion 2 and is folded upwardly or rearwardly over the toe and front portion of the instep forming an integral flap 15- which is stitched at its rear edge to the front edge of. the flap 12 between the toe and leg portion 2. It-Will be seen that in this construction vthe lower portion of the leg is simply slit at opposite sides, from the bottom up leaving opposite flaps of equal length and avoiding any waste, as best shown in Fig. 5.

In Figs. 6' and 7 I have shown a further modified form of foot in which the sole 16, heel l7, toe l8 vand instep 19 are made in a single piece of knit fabric having its opposite ends returned upon itself and stitched to the lower end of an ordinary leg 2. In this last instance, the entire foot is made of a single piece of knit fabric having its ends folded inwardly. toward each other and stitched to the leg portion -2, while the corresponding longitudinal edges of the sole and overlying parts forming the heel and upper, or instep, are stitched to each other, the ends being left open at their junction with the bottom of. the leg to permit the insertion I of the foot-of thewearer into the foot of the garment.

Having described my invention',vwhat I claim "is:

.-A garment comprising-a vest portion, integral leg portions and separate foot portions, each of the foot portions including and comprising a sole and a part of,an instep formed from a continuous oblong piece of material extending from the heel forwardly, upwardly and rearwardly over the toe forming the sole, toe and part of the instep for preserving the transverse flexibility of the toe, each' of said separate foot portions secured by a row of stitching to a leg portion, the longitudinal edges of the fabric which constitutes the foot portion beingsecured together by a row of stitching. v

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of August 1907.

ADOLPH o. VELASKO.

Witnesses:

H. E. CHASE, M. M. Now. 

